How to repair hole in condensor line?

My friend needs help. His fridge has a hole in the evaporator. Since there is a hole in it, all the freon leaked out. He wants to know if there is any way to repair the whole and refill the system or will he have to replace the fridge.

Sorry, my old account had an..... unusual... turn for the worst, we'll live it at. Anyway, last night as i was doing the last thing before letting the sparks fly on my new cooling setup i pushed the evaporater a little farther down into the res, no more than a cm, but there was a huge hissing sound and it went away after a few minutes, slowly dimming in sound. The freon escaped, and now all i have is a computer, a athlon 1700+ clocked at 2.6ghz with no fridge to cool it, so that when it runs it immediately gets to 50* C because of my insane insulation keeping it cool (in this case hot), and a broken down fridge. Would it be cheaper to get it repaired (hole, and then filled with freon), to get the $50 fridge a few topics below, or what? I remember a while ago someone had their minifridge taken apart and put in a box-setup for sale for $50. If anyone knows his name id love to PM him with good news (for him atleast, *cries*).

Thanks for any help!

--Morgan--

well its not hard to repair, its just hard to refill the fridge unless you already have the hvac equipment needed.

How much would it cost to find someone who did and get them to fix it (cough track auto? cough)

its prolly gonna be upward of $100 if you call a repairman

if the hole was not casued by rust, you should be able to solder it with regular plumbing solder since its on the evap.

if the gas was r134a, you can get that at an auto supply, if it was r-12/r-22 you will have to track down a replacment gas or get somone with a liscence to buy it.

a word of advice: do as much reading as you can on refridgeration before you try and fix it. its not as straight forward as it seems and can be very dangerous

www.phase-change.com is a good place to start

Isnt it r34a illegal to buy (thats what my fridge is) in the US?

uhh... R-one-34a

Close enough!!!1

no, R134a you can get at any auto supply

So is there like a faq somewhere on how to fill it and repair the hole? Or do i need to find someone who has the tools? Who would that person/place be?

fixing the hole is a matter of a simple soldering job. re-charging the system requires a gauge manifold and the ability to secure the gas, as well as knowing wtf your doing, so you dont get hurt.